On Sunday morning, I met up with a mate who was sampling his first taste of Silverstone and Formula 1. He wasn’t doing it by halves, having arrived with his…
Unlike the tyres during the race, the atmosphere at the British Grand Prix couldn’t be burst quite so easily. While the race might not have been the best advert for…
For the first time in 24 years Indycars will race next Sunday at the 2.5 mile Pocono Speedway in the Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. Pocono is a very fast,…
You had to look twice to be certain, but there was no mistaking the boyish grin. Two young female fans had spotted their quarry as he strode towards his motorbike,…
There is something reassuring about the sight of human litter gravitating towards bacon bap merchants at 6.15am – a fragment of landscape that’s very Silverstone. The catering areas are a…
By reputation, Silverstone’s security force has a surly core – but driving in at 6.15am gives you an idea of its task’s true essence. Guards have been on duty through…
A Porsche winning its class at Le Mans is nothing new but the events of this year's 24 Hours made the company's victory celebrations harder to manage. It seems wrong…
It was guesswork that guided us to the Dadford Road in 1977. Back then I had only a vague notion of Silverstone’s whereabouts, but we knew we must be getting…
He would barely recognise Silverstone today. Jim Clark won five British Grands Prix, three of them at the old airfield in 1963, ’65 and ’67, one at Aintree and the…
On June 17 Motor Sport teamed up with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Formula Student programme to host an event featuring three of F1's top engineers. Ed Foster was on…
For all that was good about it, and there was more about what I love about Le Mans in 2013 than any I can recall – constantly changing weather, unbelievable…
Watching Le Mans on TV from across the Atlantic was both a pleasure and a source of depression. It was great to see a classic long-distance race featuring superbly prepared…
It was inevitable that triumph would be tempered by tears. Given what had happened at the start of this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, it would have been fitting to…
In the end there was immense relief, deep emotion, satisfaction at a job well done in the most extreme circumstances… but more than anything an overwhelming sadness that the 2013…
Sunday, 9am-midday A notional concept, rest. It doesn’t matter how many times you cover Le Mans, nor how well you appreciate the benefits of a break: your thirst for information…
Sunday, 12am-3am Canadian Tony Burgess was lucky to escape serious injury in a huge crash that cut his Lola coupé in half as the half-way point of the race loomed.…
